stairs

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɛəz/
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• General-American: /ˈstɛɹz/
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• Australian: /steːz/
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• /stiəz/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• New-Zealand: /steəz/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /steɹz/
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• /stɜː(ɹ)z/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)z
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• homophone: stares
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• homophone: steers (cheer–chair merger)
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• homophone: stirs (fair–fur merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: S T EH1 R Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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No etymology was provided for this word.

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: trap — contiguous set of steps
• Aklanon: hakdan — contiguous set of steps
• Albanian: shkallë — contiguous set of steps
• Arabic: سَلَالِم (salālim) — contiguous set of steps
• Armenian: սանդուղք (sanduġkʻ) — contiguous set of steps
• Armenian: աստիճաններ (astičanner) — contiguous set of steps
• Aromanian: scarã — contiguous set of steps
• Azerbaijani: pilləkan — contiguous set of steps
• Bashkir: баҫҡыс (baśqıs) — contiguous set of steps
• Belarusian: ле́свіца (ljésvica) — contiguous set of steps
• Belarusian: схо́ды (sxódy) — contiguous set of steps
• Belarusian: усхо́ды (usxódy) — contiguous set of steps
• Belarusian: ўсхо́ды (wsxódy) — contiguous set of steps
• Bengali: সোপান (śōpan) — contiguous set of steps
• Bengali: সিঁড়ি (śĩṛi) — contiguous set of steps
• Bulgarian: стъ́лба (stǎ́lba) — contiguous set of steps
• Burmese: လှေကား (hleka:) — contiguous set of steps
• Catalan: escala — contiguous set of steps
• Cebuano: hagdan — contiguous set of steps
• Cherokee: ᎠᎩᏠᏒᏍᏗᎢ (agitlosvsdii) — contiguous set of steps
• Chinese Cantonese: 樓梯 /楼梯 (lau4 tai1) — contiguous set of steps
• Eastern Min Chinese: 踏斗 (dăk-dāu) — contiguous set of steps
• Eastern Min Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 — contiguous set of steps
• Gan Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 (leu4 ti) — contiguous set of steps
• Hakka Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 (lèu-thôi) — contiguous set of steps
• Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 (zh-min-nan) — contiguous set of steps
• Jin Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 (lou1 ti1) — contiguous set of steps
• Chinese Mandarin: 樓梯 /楼梯 (lóutī) — contiguous set of steps
• Northern Min Chinese: 樓階 /楼阶 (lê-gó) — contiguous set of steps
• Wu Chinese: 胡梯 — contiguous set of steps
• Wu Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 — contiguous set of steps
• Chukchi: тыттатъёлгын (tyttatʺjolgyn) — contiguous set of steps
• Czech: schodiště — contiguous set of steps
• Czech: schody — contiguous set of steps
• Danish: trappe — contiguous set of steps
• Dutch: trap — contiguous set of steps
• Egyptian: r-w-d-O40 (rwd) — contiguous set of steps
• Esperanto: ŝtuparo — contiguous set of steps
• Estonian: trepp — contiguous set of steps
• Finnish: portaat — contiguous set of steps
• French: escalier — contiguous set of steps
• Friulian: scjale — contiguous set of steps
• Friulian: sčhale — contiguous set of steps
• Galician: escaleira — contiguous set of steps
• Galician: escada — contiguous set of steps
• Galician: esqueira — contiguous set of steps
• Georgian: კიბეები (ḳibeebi) — contiguous set of steps
• Georgian: საფეხურები (sapexurebi) — contiguous set of steps
• German: Treppe — contiguous set of steps
• German: Stiege — contiguous set of steps
• German: Schtäge — contiguous set of steps
• Greek: σκάλα (skála) — contiguous set of steps
• Ancient Greek: ἀναβαθμοί (anabathmoí) — contiguous set of steps
• Haitian Creole: eskalye — contiguous set of steps
• Hanunoo: agdan — contiguous set of steps
• Hebrew: גֶרֶם מַדרֵגוֹת (gerem madregot) — contiguous set of steps
• Hiligaynon: hagdan — contiguous set of steps
• Hindi: सीढ़ी (sīṛhī) — contiguous set of steps
• Hindi: सोपान (sopān) — contiguous set of steps
• White Hmong: ntaiv — contiguous set of steps
• Hungarian: lépcső — contiguous set of steps
• Icelandic: stigi — contiguous set of steps
• Ido: eskalero — contiguous set of steps
• Ilocano: agdan — contiguous set of steps
• Indonesian: tangga — contiguous set of steps
• Ingrian: traput — contiguous set of steps
• Irish: staighre — contiguous set of steps
• Italian: scala — contiguous set of steps
• Japanese: 階段 (kaidan) — contiguous set of steps
• Kaitag: мичче́р (miččér) — contiguous set of steps
• Kapampangan: eran — contiguous set of steps
• Kapampangan: sangat — contiguous set of steps
• Kazakh: саты (saty) — contiguous set of steps
• Khmer: កាំជណ្ដើរ (kam cɔɔcŭəndaə) — contiguous set of steps
• Khmer: ជណ្ដើរ (cɔɔcŭəndaə) — contiguous set of steps
• Konkani: ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲು (meṭṭilu) — contiguous set of steps
• Korean: 계단 (gyedan) — contiguous set of steps
• Kyrgyz: саты (satı) — contiguous set of steps
• Lao: ບັນໄດ (ban dai) — contiguous set of steps
• Latin: scālae — contiguous set of steps
• Latvian: kāpnes — contiguous set of steps
• Lithuanian: laiptinė — contiguous set of steps
• Macedonian: ска́ли (skáli) — contiguous set of steps
• Malay: tangga — contiguous set of steps
• Maltese: tat-turġien — contiguous set of steps
• Maltese: taraġ — contiguous set of steps
• Mòcheno: stiag — contiguous set of steps
• Mongolian: шат (šat) — contiguous set of steps
• Mongolian: ᠱᠠᠲᠤ (šatu) — contiguous set of steps
• Norwegian Bokmål: trapp — contiguous set of steps
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trapp — contiguous set of steps
• Occitan: escalièrs — contiguous set of steps
• Ojibwe: akwaandawaagan — contiguous set of steps
• Pangasinan: takayan — contiguous set of steps
• Pashto: اندرپايه (anarpāyá) — contiguous set of steps
• Pashto: ځينه (źiná) — contiguous set of steps
• Pashto: څپېڅلۍ (capécley) — contiguous set of steps
• Dari: زِینَه (zīna) — contiguous set of steps
• Iranian Persian: پِلِّکان (pellekân) — contiguous set of steps
• Polish: schody — contiguous set of steps
• Portuguese: escada — contiguous set of steps
• Romanian: scară — contiguous set of steps
• Russian: ле́стница (léstnica) — contiguous set of steps
• Russian: ступе́ньки (stupénʹki) — contiguous set of steps
• Serbo-Croatian: степѐнице — contiguous set of steps
• Serbo-Croatian: степеник — contiguous set of steps
• Serbo-Croatian: сте̏пенӣште — contiguous set of steps
• Serbo-Croatian: сту̏бӣште — contiguous set of steps
• Serbo-Croatian: stepènice — contiguous set of steps
• Serbo-Croatian: stepenik — contiguous set of steps
• Serbo-Croatian: stȅpenīšte — contiguous set of steps
• Serbo-Croatian: stȕbīšte — contiguous set of steps
• Slovak: schody — contiguous set of steps
• Slovak: schodisko — contiguous set of steps
• Slovene: stopnišče — contiguous set of steps
• Spanish: escalera — contiguous set of steps
• Spanish: gradas — contiguous set of steps
• Spanish: escalinata — contiguous set of steps
• Swahili: ngazi — contiguous set of steps
• Swedish: trappa — contiguous set of steps
• Tagalog: hagdan — contiguous set of steps
• Tagalog: hagdanan — contiguous set of steps
• Tagalog: baitang — contiguous set of steps
• Tajik: зинапоя (zinapoya) — contiguous set of steps
• Tajik: нардбон (nardbon) — contiguous set of steps
• Tatar: баскыч (basqıç) — contiguous set of steps
• Thai: บันได (ban-dai) — contiguous set of steps
• Tibetan: སྐས་འཛེགས (skas 'dzegs) — contiguous set of steps
• Turkish: basamak — contiguous set of steps
• Turkish: merdiven — contiguous set of steps
• Turkmen: merdiwan — contiguous set of steps
• Ukrainian: схо́ди (sxódy) — contiguous set of steps
• Urdu: سِیڑْھی (sīṛhī) — contiguous set of steps
• Uyghur: پەلەمپەي (pelempey) — contiguous set of steps
• Uzbek: narvon — contiguous set of steps
• Uzbek: zinapoya — contiguous set of steps
• Vietnamese: cầu thang — contiguous set of steps
• Welsh: grisiau — contiguous set of steps
• Yiddish: טרעפּ (trep) — contiguous set of steps